Voice assist apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9700692
APP PUB NO 20160038702A1
SERIAL NO

14600242

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The present invention provides a voice assist apparatus capable of vocalization in a near-natural voice by correctly flowing and blocking voice assist gas during expiration and inspiration, respectively, of a patient even when the pressure inside the operation tube relatively slightly increases and decreases. In the voice assist apparatus, the main body has a first chamber connected with a second end of the voice assist gas-inlet tube, a second chamber connected with a second end of the voice assist tube, a third chamber connected with a second end of the operation tube, a dividing wall dividing between the first chamber and the second chamber except an opening communicating the first chamber with the second chamber, and a membrane formed elastically deformably to open and close the opening and isolates the third chamber from the first chamber and the second chamber.

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UEMURA ENTERPRISE CO LTD1017-1 OBAYASHI OOZU-CHO KUMAMOTO KIKUCHIGUN 869-1224

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Funasaki, Takashi Kumamoto, JP 1 1
Iwashita, Masaaki Kumamoto, JP 1 1
Jou, Fusao Kumamoto, JP 1 1
Shimizu, Jun Kumamoto, JP 78 1140
Tanoue, Hirotoshi Kumamoto, JP 1 1
Uemura, Yukihiro Kumamoto, JP 2 1
Yamashita, Shingo Kumamoto, JP 97 647

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